Justice Murphy, a 6-foot-1 junior receiver from Evergreen of Vancouver, verbally committed Tuesday morning to a scholarship offer at Utah.

The Utes were the first Pacific-12 Conference school to offer Murphy, though Evergreen coach Don Johnson believes it could have been the first of several. Johnson said Murphy was invited to attend elite camps at UCLA, Washington, Washington State, Coloradom California, Texas Tech and Boise State this summer, camps where scholarship offers are often made.

Utah offensive coordinator Dave Christensen came to Vancouver on Tuesday morning and made the offer to Justice, who immediately accepted.

Why so quick? Easy: Utah has long been Murphy’s dream school. It’s the school Murphy always chooses on the video game NCAA 14.

“I started following them about five years ago. Really got into them. I saw Steve Smith came out of there, and he’s pretty much one of my idols,” Murphy said.

During his junior season, Murphy caught 32 passes for 700 yards. Johnson expects Murphy’s numbers to increase significantly next season, as Johnson is in his second year at Evergreen and spent the past year changing the offense from a double wing to spread.